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penney's ron johnson. his sin, way too optimistic in offering up guidance on what supposedly is a turnaround. the result of a promising and underdelivering. the reason he's not winner of this list is because you have to give him a chance to see if he can actually pull penney out of the hole. next is really a tough one, one i really anguished over and thought this guy might be number one and that is steve ballmer of microsoft. after years of missteps and playing follow the leader and the windows part of business, which is really only 25% of revenue, windows 8 was the trigger. it just simply hasn't knocked the cover off the ball, and that's after years, as i say, of missteps in this side of the business. in the end, however, the worst ceo easily is groupon's andrew mason. this has been nothing short of a disaster. and from a ceo standpoint i would suspect many would look at him and say a joke, an expensive joke for those who bought in early on the stock, and as i've previously said, this now appears to be a
penney's ron johnson. his sin, way too optimistic in offering up guidance on what supposedly is a turnaround. the result of a promising and underdelivering. the reason he's not winner of this list is because you have to give him a chance to see if he can actually pull penney out of the hole. next is really a tough one, one i really anguished over and thought this guy might be number one and that is steve ballmer of microsoft. after years of missteps and playing follow the leader and the windows...
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a big year ahead for ceo ron johnson, leads us to craig johnson's list of disappointments, ron johnson's old employer, apple, outside the apple store in the grove yesterday in l.a., yes, you heard me, he dissed apple. well, kind of. a little. >> apple's been -- has had a tremendous success story for any number of years now, but we think in terms of traffic and what we see at the stores, things have peaked out a little bit. so, they will still have a good season, still be up strong double digits but wouldn't be the outsized growth we have seen for any number of years now. >> all right. johnson also says sacks has struggled a bit, though he says the shoe department has been fine. overall holiday growth sales blow ducks is still 2.8% but he says to meet that sales this week today, tomorrow and the weekend have to hit it out of the park, otherwise, he says close to 2%. compared to 5.8% growth a year ago. >> jane, thank you. i was doing some of my own personal channel checks yesterday at saks, they had to shut the shoe department in new york city the shoe department entire store, shut it down
a big year ahead for ceo ron johnson, leads us to craig johnson's list of disappointments, ron johnson's old employer, apple, outside the apple store in the grove yesterday in l.a., yes, you heard me, he dissed apple. well, kind of. a little. >> apple's been -- has had a tremendous success story for any number of years now, but we think in terms of traffic and what we see at the stores, things have peaked out a little bit. so, they will still have a good season, still be up strong double...
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. >> senator, so last week, ron johnson and you and others said what we need to do, the house passes 98% and below, allows the top 2% to go up to 39.6. just what the president wants. and then we start talk pg about spending and entitlement cuts in light of the debt ceiling coming in in february? is that what you're talking about now? so we're going to -- >> we're going to have to see whether the rank and file that boehner tries to get, if they don't go along -- you're saying they should mutiny and not do this deal he wants to do now and do this other one that puts the onus back on the president next year to come to the table for entitlement cuts. is that what you're saying? >> i don't even think speaker boehner unless, again, something's happened early this morning, he's not even going to try to sell this deal because he knows that the offer that they've made is not real yet. in other words, again let me say the cuts are to be determined down the road, with another fiscal cliff, that's being created. so what i would hope, joe, is right now, we would go ahead and implement the entitle
. >> senator, so last week, ron johnson and you and others said what we need to do, the house passes 98% and below, allows the top 2% to go up to 39.6. just what the president wants. and then we start talk pg about spending and entitlement cuts in light of the debt ceiling coming in in february? is that what you're talking about now? so we're going to -- >> we're going to have to see whether the rank and file that boehner tries to get, if they don't go along -- you're saying they...
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gary johnson 2012 is the web site, dot.com, i should say, and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, people and politics." out in august of 2012. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> with a month left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end looks of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selectn
gary johnson 2012 is the web site, dot.com, i should say, and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, people and politics." out in august of 2012. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> with a month left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end looks of notable books. booktv will...
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number one, is dick sporting goods followed up by kohl's, grocery coupons, and don't tell ron johnson or bill ackman, but jc penney rounded out the top four. >>> tomorrow on "squawk box," negotiating a deal on the fiscal cliff. we'll talk about possible paths to a compromise with our guest host former treasury secretary larry summers. >>> plus, the ceo of caterpillar will give us the business perspective on the deficit disaster. you can't afford to miss "squawk box" tomorrow starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 this morning, i'm going to trade in hong kong. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from sch
number one, is dick sporting goods followed up by kohl's, grocery coupons, and don't tell ron johnson or bill ackman, but jc penney rounded out the top four. >>> tomorrow on "squawk box," negotiating a deal on the fiscal cliff. we'll talk about possible paths to a compromise with our guest host former treasury secretary larry summers. >>> plus, the ceo of caterpillar will give us the business perspective on the deficit disaster. you can't afford to miss "squawk...
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>> i think the things for jcpenney that even ron johnson would probably say the plan is a plan but it's going to shift depending on what consumer reaction is. and being able to be certainly offer consumers deeper value, whether it's $10 off, i think there's more new things that are going to happen that we don't even know about, but price is going to have to be addressed. >> dana, obviously we can't avoid talking about the fiscal cliff. payroll tax cut looks like it's going not to be extended. so that would mean that everyone that has a job is going to probably see at least $30 or $40 every paycheck starting in january. which companies are affected the most by that? is it the low end? or is it some place in the middle? or the high end doesn't matter? what would you say? what advice are you giving? >> i think the low end to the middle. i think we've already been seeing the beginnings of some of the low end having some pressures that we didn't see earlier in the year. but look what walmart said, their ceo talked about more of their consumers beginning to feel impacts that are being aware o
>> i think the things for jcpenney that even ron johnson would probably say the plan is a plan but it's going to shift depending on what consumer reaction is. and being able to be certainly offer consumers deeper value, whether it's $10 off, i think there's more new things that are going to happen that we don't even know about, but price is going to have to be addressed. >> dana, obviously we can't avoid talking about the fiscal cliff. payroll tax cut looks like it's going not to be...
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johnson fuming. >> does speaker boehner speak for you? >> i don't know what he's doing behind closed doors, truthfully. nobody speaks for me, other than myself. >> reporter: but he told cnn, he won't filibuster a compromise that raises some taxes. >> we have to understand about our reality in some point in time, republicans have no power in this negotiation. there's only one person that can prevent taxes from being increased in the american public. it's the president. because without any action, without him being willing to sign a bill, taxes go up for every american. i don't want to see that happen. >> reporter: some conservatives who once had the power to say my way or the highway now realize the train has already left the station. some of these tea party republicans caution their new spirit of compromise largely depends on what the president proposes and a few of them remain convinced the president simply wants to take the country over the fiscal cliff, to gain the kind of leverage they used to have. jim acosta, cnn, washington. that w
johnson fuming. >> does speaker boehner speak for you? >> i don't know what he's doing behind closed doors, truthfully. nobody speaks for me, other than myself. >> reporter: but he told cnn, he won't filibuster a compromise that raises some taxes. >> we have to understand about our reality in some point in time, republicans have no power in this negotiation. there's only one person that can prevent taxes from being increased in the american public. it's the president....
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look at jcpenney, ron johnson did a lot of creative things, but it takes time to turn around and old line retailer. look at sears, that's probably never going to turn. i think jolie is on the right course here. and he's got a winning strategy. one that schulze didn't have. and i think he's going to pull it off. but he may be more than three months, he may be tied beyond that. but we'll see. i think the board is acting responsibly trying to get the price for the shareholders. i'm not going against going private, they just have to make sure the public shareholders don't sell out at rock bottom prices and are treated fairly. >> i can't imagine he will nail a bid at 20. if you're right and they won't accept anything less, he's going to have his chance to turn this thing around. bill george, thanks, as always. >> thank you. >> we have an important interview coming up. one of the most influential voices of the tea party. congressman mick mulvaney speaking out about boehner and much more. ♪ [ male announcer ] 'tis the season to discover the kid in all of us. enjoy free shipping and great
look at jcpenney, ron johnson did a lot of creative things, but it takes time to turn around and old line retailer. look at sears, that's probably never going to turn. i think jolie is on the right course here. and he's got a winning strategy. one that schulze didn't have. and i think he's going to pull it off. but he may be more than three months, he may be tied beyond that. but we'll see. i think the board is acting responsibly trying to get the price for the shareholders. i'm not going...
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alexis mcgill johnson. ron bonjean. thank you both. >> thanks so much. uma: well, if going off the fiscal cliff sound dangerous check out the action as this year's car jumping championship in west sussex, england. this is an wall competition where the goal is to try to jump over as many cars as possible. each jump is judged on height, applause from the crowd and distance. in the end it was 31-year-old john harbor took home the crown after clearing a total of nine cars. unbelievable. wow. jon: i think you have to get an old beatle with an engine in the rear. i'm just, what it looks like from me. i would do that. uma: i know you would. jon: i would try it. if car jumping isn't extreme enough for you how about a dip in the a frozen river? part of annual tradition in north even china. hundreds of people gather to honor the country's national swimming day and. they don't have a problem with the cold water but the air temperature, 18 below zero. that could be a little nippy. uma: indeed a refreshing little dip there. jon: that i would not do. uma: that you wou
alexis mcgill johnson. ron bonjean. thank you both. >> thanks so much. uma: well, if going off the fiscal cliff sound dangerous check out the action as this year's car jumping championship in west sussex, england. this is an wall competition where the goal is to try to jump over as many cars as possible. each jump is judged on height, applause from the crowd and distance. in the end it was 31-year-old john harbor took home the crown after clearing a total of nine cars. unbelievable. wow....